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C64 Studio is an assembly development environment which is dependent on VICE. You can write assembly code and test this with the VICE emulator. Recent changes: Improvements for the screen editor, charset editor, PETSCII table, labels macros and fonts. Added: DASM pseudo op ALIGN, alternative multicolors in map editor, colour exchange for charsets and a optional font for BASIC. Website:…
Soci released version 5 of the IDE64 MP3@64 player. This program plays MP3s through the MP3@64 card attached to the clock port at address $de00. Features: The volume per channel, bass, treble and stereo depth are adjustable. Keys for previous, next, play, pause, stop, load / save playlist and shuffle playlist. Download: mp3playerv5.zipWebsite: CSDb
Amiga-news has shared today this link, from the “Computer Collection Vienna”, where it show an Amiga prototype, called VELVET REV03, ICs mostly from early 1985, thus six month before official presentation! The machine has only 128k RAM and can be expanded by another 128k on front expansion port to a maximum of 256k. The final version ended up with a…
It was announced on Atari Museum Facebook group the passing of Atari legend Steve Bristow this past Sunday. He was in charge of Atari’s Coin-Op Division during the glory days of stand-up arcade machines, was one of the pivotal players in the era that brought arcade machines into the home. He also came up with the concept for Breakout with…
The New Dimension website is organising a new SEUCK Competition for 2015. The rules are: C64 PAL or NTSC. Music for the intro is allowed, but for the game you can only use sound effects and send in your games before the 31st March 2015. The first three entries are Gigablast by Alf Yngve, Special Forces Soldier by Shaun Pearson…
In his blog The Clean Code Blog, Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has shown us today his work developing a PDP-8 emulator for the iPad. The emulator is written in Lua, using the Codea framework, which is very convenient due to its graphics capabilities, and fast language. The UI loosely mimics the PDP-8 front panel in terms of layout, but…
[youtube -RgjyezdsqU nolink] On this video, Carl Attrill teaches how to make ZX Spectrum graphics on a PC, displayed/animated on his ZX Spectrum emulator. The 10-minute long video shows where to get and how to use all necessary tools. The results are quite impressive! If you happen to try it yourself, don’t forget to show us the results on Twitter!…
“Candy Cab” is the western term commonly used for Japanese sit-down style arcade cabinets. The term is thought to have been derived from the name of some of SNK’s first and most common machines, which were also some of the first models to be imported, the Neo “Candy” range. RetroCollect has reported that the manufacturer Multi Game System, which provides…
The interview this time is with Sal Esquivel, also known as KJMANN on AtariAge. Sal has been very involved in the Atari community and owns a company by the name of Atlantis Games Group out of Portland, Oregon that produces software for the 8-bits. That software includes games like Outrun, Venture, Tempest Xtreem and others, which are sold through Video…
It was sent to the printer the final Kickstarted year-one issue of Retro Magazine, which means the subscribers will be receiving it in their mailboxes very soon. The digital version is already available for download now. The publisher, Mike Kennedy has sent this communication to the backers today, making clear the journey has just started: “We have many plans for…
